五、完形填空
"We're Watching You" is a simple but wonderful idea:Put a tiny camera in the sitting room in several family homes to 1 ______ them,and then make it into a TV programme. And that's all it is,a TV programme that shows people's real life. Exciting? Not 2 ______. But it is really fun to audience(观众).
Of course,all the people on the show agree to the camera being in their homes but they soon 3 ______ it's there and then the problems start.
There is the Collins family. Mike,the dad,can never find the remote control,and often shouts at his kids,Joe and Lucy,to ask them to find it. 4 ______,as his wife Anna says,quite often,he finds it himself as he usually sits on it. There are always 5 ______ programmes on TV. Joe only wants to watch sports,but Lucy wants cooking programmes. 6 ______ of them agrees with each other. Usually,nobody gets what they want.
And then there's the Lawson family. They sit down together and watch a film every Saturday night. It always starts well but soon problems come. Grandpa John can't hear very well. He always wants to 7 ______ the volume(音量). This makes his daughter,Georgia,unhappy because she hates the loud noise. So Grandpa has to keep the volume low,but then he won't stop asking his grandson,Paul,questions 8 ______ Paul tells him what's happening on TV. This makes Paul a little 9 ______. And then his mom often walks in front of the TV into the kitchen to get him a cup of tea. Poor Paul! He doesn't want a cup of tea. He just wants to watch the film.
"We're Watching You" is fun to watch but I'm glad these 10 ______ aren't in my home!
(
B
)1. A. check
B. record
C. protect
D. control
(
C
)2. A. badly
B. widely
C. exactly
D. hardly
(
D
)3. A. feel
B. wonder
C. promise
D. forget
(
B
)4. A. As a result
B. In fact
C. In all
D. In some ways
(
B
)5. A. the number of
B. a number of
C. number of
D. the numbers of
(
A
)6. A. Neither
B. Either
C. Both
D. None
(
C
)7. A. turn on
B. turn off
C. turn up
D. turn down
(
B
)8. A. if
B. until
C. though
D. because
(
A
)9. A. impatient
B. patient
C. polite
D. impolite
(
D
)10. A. programmes
B. cups
C. seats
D. cameras
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五、完形填空
“我们在观察你”是一个简单却很棒的想法:在几个家庭的客厅里放置一个微型摄像机来**记录**他们的生活,然后把拍摄内容制作成一档电视节目。它就是这样一档节目,一档展示人们真实生活的电视节目。令人兴奋吗?**不完全是**。但对观众来说它确实很有趣。
当然,节目中的所有家庭都同意在他们家中安装摄像机,但他们很快就**忘记**了摄像机的存在,然后问题就出现了。
有科林斯一家。爸爸迈克总是找不到遥控器,还经常对他的孩子乔和露西大喊大叫,让他们去找遥控器。**事实上**,正如他的妻子安娜所说,很多时候,他自己就找到了遥控器,因为他通常是坐在遥控器上了。电视上总是有**很多**节目。乔只想看体育节目,但露西想看烹饪节目。他们**两人都不**同意对方的选择。通常,没人能看到自己想看的节目。
然后是劳森一家。他们每周六晚上都会坐在一起看电影。一开始总是很顺利,但很快问题就来了。约翰爷爷听力不太好。他总是想**调大**音量。这让他的女儿乔治亚很不高兴,因为她讨厌 loud noise( loud noise 可译为“ loud noise( loud noise 可译为“ loud noise(大声响)”)。所以爷爷不得不把音量调低,但之后他就不停地问他的孙子保罗问题,**直到**保罗告诉他电视上在演什么。这让保罗有点**不耐烦**。然后他的妈妈经常从电视前走过,走进厨房给他倒一杯茶。可怜的保罗!他不想喝茶。他只想看电影。
“我们在观察你”看起来很有趣,但我很高兴这些**摄像机**不在我家里!